A collection of articles
about the pioneers of the whiskey industry, first published in
Bottles and Extras, Ohio Swirl, Potomac Pontil, and other hobbyist magazines and newsletters.

Jack uniquely blends his passion for jugs and
other whiskey collectibles with information gleaned from the
internet and other sources to recreate events
relating to the pre-Prohibition liquor industry and to give human
faces to its principal players.

Jack Sullivan has written more
than 200 articles in the past 18 years on
whiskey-related subjects with emphasis on ceramic jugs
and bottles. These articles have appeared in bottle
magazines and newsletters in the United States, Canada,
Australia and England. In addition he has self-published
two books on these subjects: "The American Whiskey Jug"
(2002) and "The Whiskey Ceramics of Scotland, Ireland
and England." (2002). His new book, "Mostly
Whiskey: Bottles, Jugs and Whathaveyou,"
is set for publication in March 2008.

Dr. Sullivan also is a volunteer
curator of pharmaceutical items for the
Stabler-Leadbeater Pharmaceutical Museum in Alexandria,
Virginia, where he resides. His collection of hillbilly
souvenir ceramics currently resides with the Appalachian
Life Museum in Boone, North Carolina. He holds a PhD in
political science from the American University and is an
international development specialist by profession. He
currently concentrates his collecting on whiskey
advertising paperweights.